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SUBMITTER: Chachoua A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6262142 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chachoua Abdelatif A Abboub Billel B Ghemri Sofiane S Hammoudi Naima N
Journal of cardiology cases 20150821 2
The trileaflet mitral valve is a very rare congenital malformation with three equal size leaflets and three papillary muscles. In this article, we report the first case of trileaflet mitral valve associated with a bicuspid aortic valve in a patient referred for management of infective endocarditis. <<b>Learning objective:</b> A trileaflet mitral valve is a rare congenital anomaly. There are two cases described in the literature, one associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and the other with ...[more]